In individual insects of some species, whole chromosomes that carry larval genes are eliminated from the genomes of somatic cells at the time of metamorphosis. A consequence of this occurrence is that
A)we could not clone a larva from the somatic cells of such an adult insect.
B)such species must reproduce only asexually.
C)the descendents of these adults do not include a larval stage.
D)metamorphosis can no longer occur among the descendents of such adults.
E)both C and D.

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The elimination of larval genes from somatic cells means that these cells lack the genetic information necessary to develop into a larva, making it impossible to clone a larva from them.

In Individual Insects of Some Species, Whole Chromosomes That Carry